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In this clip I am exiting the Great Pyramid - transitioning from the “Ascending Passage” down to Ma’mun’s forced entry tunnel. Here is more info on why this tunnel looks the way it does…
“Around A.D. 820, Caliph Al Mamun was inspired by reports of treasures within the Great Pyramid, and directed his men to search for an opening to the inside. Not finding such an opening, they resorted to breaking through the hard limestone exterior by lighting fires against the stone, then pouring vinegar on the heated rock. Once they were through the hard case, the softer limestone core-masonry yielded more easily to their chisels and they proceeded to hack out a tunnel. After blindly working for what seemed eternity, Al Mamun's men were about to quit, when they heard a muffled sound coming from within the pyramid. Redirecting their efforts toward the source of that sound, they eventually connected with the Descending Passage. But their efforts did not cease there. Finding only a long Descending Passage with a lonely Subterranean Chamber at the end, Al Mamun turned his attention to evidence of other possible passages. The bottom side of a large granite plug in the ceiling of the Descend” - Christopher Dunn / Giza Power Plant

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